Oblivion:Claude Maric

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He also works as a treasure hunter for Umbacano during the quest Nothing You Can Possess, where he will relocate to the Imperial City and track you upon leaving Umbacano Manor. He will take you to The Tiber Septim Hotel and he will offer you information about The High Fane. After retrieving the carving from Malada, he will relocate to outside the ruin at stage 50 of the quest. After the ambush, if he survives he will join you to escort Umbacano through the Ayleid city of Nenalata. He will make his way towards Nenalata at stage 60 of the Secrets of the Ayleids quest. Should he survive until the end of the quest, he will make his way back to the Roxey Inn.

He is equipped with a nearly full suit of leveled light armor, all of the best possible quality for your level and potentially enchanted. The only piece of armor he is missing is the helmet. His weapon is a short sword, again of the best quality and possibly enchanted. Out of combat, he wears a brown shirt, tan linens, and doeskin shoes. He also has a small amount of gold. He will know one leveled Illusion spell.

If you raise Maric's disposition towards you and get him to tell you where Malada is, he will mistakenly say that it is to the far west in the Valus Mountains, when it is in fact to the east. Fanacas, another location holding an Ayleid statue, is located where he describes, but it is far to the north of Malada.

Should Maric join you in escorting Umbacano in the Secrets of the Ayleids quest, and if he survives the many undead that attack in the throne room, he may walk back the way you came rather than leave through the new exit. However, the stairs leading out the way you came have been raised and are no longer accessible, meaning that he will walk aimlessly into the stairs.

He may also walk around in a circle near the stairs for some time in confusion, but should eventually find the right way out.